August 2024
The Gospel Spreads into Greece
INTO THE WORD
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Ancient Greece has shaped the world in ways that few other cultures have. Alexander the Great’s conquests ensured that things such as Greek philosophy, mathematics, and literature and even the Greek language would dominate the ancient West even after the rise of the Roman Empire. If the Christian faith were to have an impact on the world, it would have to spread to the regions of Greece and Macedonia.
This month, we are studying Acts 17:22–20:6 and Luke’s record of the establishment of Christianity in the heart of the Greek world. Having explained in Acts 16:1–17:22 how the gospel came to the Greek cities of Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens, Luke proceeds in 17:22–18:17 to detail Paul’s further ministry in Athens and his eighteen months engaged in the Greek city of Corinth to plant the church there. Acts 18:18–20:6 focuses on Paul’s return to Asia Minor, where he planted the church in Ephesus during his two-year stay in that city, and then his later work in Greece and Macedonia.
In these chapters, we see how Paul persuasively proclaimed and defended the gospel. May the Lord enable us to do the same in our own day.
These verses parallel the themes of the studies each week. We encourage you to hide them in your heart so that you may not sin against the Lord:
Abiding in the Word
- Ezekiel 33:6
- Acts 18:26
- Psalm 119:107
- Isaiah 44:9